Sir Michael Wilshaw has written letters to three ‘exceptional’ school leaders to congratulate them on their significant improvement in schools.

More than four in 10 teachers and school support staff (43 per cent) have dealt with physical violence from pupils over the past year, according to a survey from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

There are large disparities in educational outcomes across different regions in the UK, according to research from the Social Market Foundation (SMF).

11 year-olds will be expected to know their times tables up to 12x12 and will be tested using an on screen test before leaving primary school, under new government plans.

The number of primary schools classed as underperforming has fallen by 92, according to data released by the Department for Education (DfE).

Councils planning to save money by cutting the length of the primary school week are to be banned from enforcing the cuts.

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